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After a Good Friday off in Stuttgart during which the players all took to the practice courts – must have felt like quite a luxury – the Stuttgart quarterfinals are on tap.
For Aryna Sabalenka, it was a first appearance this year as she had a first-round bye, and then her second-round opponent gave her a walkover.
Meanwhile, Iga Swiatek, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff have looked good – until they didn’t.
Swiatek squared off with her bête noire, Jelena Ostapenko, who boasted a gaudy 5-0 head-to-head against her.
Make that 6-0 now.
(Stuttgart and Rouen are six hours ahead of EDT; Oeiras is five hours ahead).
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Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Category: WTA 500
Surface: Indoor Clay
Dates: April 14 – 21, 2025
Prize Money: $1,064,510
Draws: S28 – D16
Saturday April 19, 2025
Final results
Singles, quarterfinals
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) def. [3] Jessica Pegula (USA) 60 64
Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) def [2] Iga Swiatek (POL) 63 36 62
[5] Jasmine Paolini (ITA) def. [4] Coco Gauff (USA) 64 63
[1] Aryna Sabalenka (BLR) def Elise Mertens (BEL) 64 61
Doubles, semifinals
Ekaterina Alexandrova (RUS) / Zhang Shuai (CHN) def Nicole Melichar-Martinez (USA) / Liudmila Samsonova (RUS) 64 46 [13-11]
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Location: Rouen, France
Category: WTA 250
Surface: Indoor Clay
Dates: April 14 – 20, 2025
Prize Money: $275,094
Draws: S32 – D16
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Final results
Singles semifinals
[1] Elina Svitolina (UKR) def Elena-Gabriela Ruse (ROU) 60 62
[3] Olga Danilovic (SRB) def Suzan Lamens (NED) 64 64
Doubles semifinal
[1] Irina Khromacheva (RUS) / Linda Noskova (CZE) def. Quinn Gleason (USA) / Magali Kempen (BEL) 62 36 [13-11]
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Location: Oeiras, Portugal
Category: WTA 125 (Joint event with ATP Challenger)
Surface: Outdoor Clay
Dates: April 14 – 20, 2025
Prize Money: $168,100
Draws: S32 – D16
Saturday, April 19, 2025
Final results
Singles, semifinals
[2] Katie Volynets (USA) def Simona Waltert (SUI) 61 64
Dalma Galfi (HUN) def Varvara Lepchenko (USA) 64 63
Doubles, semifinals
[2] Francisca Jorge / Matilde Jorge (POR) def [4] Carmen Corley / Christina Rosca (USA) 63 64
Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) def Maja Chwalinska (POL) / Sinja Kraus (AUT) 62 62
Doubles, quarterfinals
Anastasia Detiuc (CZE) / Patricia Maria Tig (ROU) def [1] Amina Anshba / Elena Pridankina (RUS) 62 75
[2] Francisca Jorge / Matilde Jorge (POR) def Ingrid Gamarra Martins (BRA) / Tamara Zidansek (SLO) 63 75